The year is 1771. The American War of Independence is fast approaching. And it seems that Jamie Fraser and his wife, Claire, and their beloved family are fated to be in the thick of things once agai... more » more »

One of the most award-winning, critically acclaimed story writers working today, Antonya Nelson has a list of accolades that is astonishing for any writer, but especially for one as young as she. With her newest collection, Nelson once again proves herself worthy of her stellar reputation, delivering ... more »

Integrity. It is more than simple honesty. It's the key to success. A person with integrity has the -- often rare -- ability to pull everything together, to make it all happen no matter how challenging the circumstances. Drawing on experiences from his work with Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, and ... more »

Jodi Picoult, the New York Times bestselling author of Vanishing Acts, offers her most powerful chronicle yet of an American family with a story that probes the unbreakable bond between parent and child -- and the dangerous repercussions of trying to play the hero. Trixie Stone is fourteen years old ... more »

Reed Arvin's previous novel, The Last Goodbye , was the best thing a thriller can be: suspenseful, intelligent, and well written (Harlan Coben), and had the critics raving: People magazine stated, You'll be hooked, and the New York Times declared it sultry, devious, adrenaline-boosting suspense. Now ... more »

LEARN QUANTUM MECHANICS AT WARP SPEED!  This clear, concise introduction to quantum mechanics is the perfect supplement and complement to the math-heavy texts that dominate the field. The author includes hundreds of worked examples to illustrate the processes discussed and Dirac's Method, explains ... more »

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 Solve differential equations faster and easier! Thoroughly updated, this third edition of Schaum's Outline of Differential Equations offers you new, faster techniques for solving differential equations generated by the emergence of high-speed computers. Differential equations, a linchpin of modern ... more »

In today's world of investment hype and unpredictable stock market fluctuations, there is still one asset you can count on--land. Ralph Pisani and Robert Pisani were both adjunct faculty members of the Wharton School of Business, where they taught real estate development. Now, with this easy to understand ... more »

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T.R. Fehrenbach is a native Texan, military historian and the author of several important books about the region, but none as significant as this work, arguably the best single volume about Texas ever published. His account of America's most turbulent state offers a view that only an insider could capture ... more »

In this riveting debut of breathtaking scope, a young girl discovers her father's darkest secret and embarks on a harrowing journey across Europe to complete the quest he never could -- to find history's most legendary fiend: Dracula. When a motherless American girl living in Europe finds a medieval ... more »